Device for displaying merchandise



Qct. 19 1920;

J. A. WILSON DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING MERCHANDISE Filed Feb. 14A 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 A TTORNEY.

Oct'. 19 ,'1926.

J. A. WILSON DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING MERCHANDISE.

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Filed Feb. 14 1923 INI/EgvToR. JAZ Wison/ all:

ATTORNEY.

Patented (let. 19, 1926.

recente JHN ANDREW W'ILSON,` SHOAL LAKE, MANITOBA, CANADA..

DEVICE non DIsPLAYInG MERCHANDISE.

Application filed February 14, 1923. Serial No. 619,041.

a housingor casing having a display Win den', a rotary carrier constituting a stage having a plurality ot peripheral `compartments adapted for successive registration hack ot said window, operating mechanism` l'or coincidentally rotating said carrier and opening and closing said Window, and a inotoi' tor actuating said operating.mechanism, all as hereinafter fully described and specifically set toi-th in the appended claiins,

ln the accompanying drawings forming part o' 'this specification, Figiire 1 is a front cle dition ill @rating an example of my i1nproved device:

lilig. is a plan view, the top of the casing lfei Hij removed; and

3 is a cross sectional View taken on the line 3-3 oit Fig. i2.

ln the drawings, 1 indicates a square box or housing which is mounted on a base 2, and prov.. ded with a removable lid 3, a front window and rear door 3b.

llotatably mounted on a vertical spindle la is the rotary carrier or stage, which eniiodiee a circular disc 6 constituting a plateiin. a circular disc 7 located over the disc and spaced therefrom by means ot a plu y oi radial partiti ons 8. which are connected at their respective inner edges by n' eais ot vvails 9, thus producing a plurality of peripheral compartments 10, which are respectively open at the front and closed at ear and sides.

'1" ie spindle l is journaled at its upper enc in a horizontal ebelt V., iiXed across the hof; 1, and at its lower end in a base 2 of said bon.

hl'onnted on a standard 11, supported by the shelt 5, is an electric motor 12, Whichis handled and troni the accumulation ot" connected to the operating mechanism by Ineens of a belt 13 passing over a pulley 1-i mounted on the motor shalt 12, and a driv ing Wheel l5 mounted on a vertical shaft 16, said shaft 16 having mounted thereon a pulley 17, Aforming one ot a dillerenti al train ot gear wheels 18, 19, 20, 21 and Q2, the wheels 18 and 19 being` mounted ona shalt 16, the wheels Q0 and 21 on a shaft 1Gb, and the vflieel 22 on a sliai't- 1G". Also mounted on the shaft 16' is an eccentric canrwheel 23, adapted 'lor operating an oscillatory arin 24's which is swingingly nioi'inted on a pivot extending upwardly.'troni the shelf 5, said ariu El being provided with a pin lt for peripheral engagement With the "earna wheel 23. l

'livingingly inonntedon the spindle et is a two-armed lever i7, the long arm 2 ot which connected With the tree end ol' the arm El, by ineens o't' a connectinga'od Qta', and the tree end of the short arin 27h ot said lever being connectedto one end ot a contractile spring Z9 which `is secured at its other end to a :tine-d inen'iber 29, said spring having a normal tendency to swing said short arms il?" in the direc'ion ot the arrowv a, Fig. 2 ot the drawings. and the long arin 27 in the opposite direction, wherebyi trictional contact niaintained between the pin 2li and the periphery oi the cani-Wheel 2).

`EXtending 'trom the tree end of the long arni 27L oi the lever 27, is a rod 30 having an eye 3()a connected to one end ot a cord 31, which passes over sheaves and 853 and is connected at its other end with a sliding shutter 34 adapted it'or opening and closing the Window 3.

Swingingly mounted on the under side ot the long arm 27 of the lever 2"? is a U- shaped catch 35 which is loosely pivoted on studs 36 and normally bears, at its 'tree end part, on the upper surface ot the disc 7 ol' the carrier, said carrier being provided With a plurality of lugs 37, respectively provided with a cani-face 37a on one side over which the catch 35 may ride when moved in one direction,

The device is further provided with suitably located electric lainps 38 for illuminating articles, as 39, and partitions Ll() `are provided at each side of the Window 3a for concentrating the lamp rays.

As a means for holding the carrier in set `position, I provide a swingingly mounted Tii , carrier-in the' direction of the arrow o, and

bring the next compartment lOrinto position rod 41 which is provided with a curved part di oroengaging pairs ofthe lugs `37said through the door 3b withya-plunalityfotarticles to be exhibited through the window 3, and then the motor 12;is.1started,wherenpon rotary movement is transmitted to the camwheel-QS by means ofthe differential gearing which actsto slowly movethe long varm 27a ot the lever 27 -'in the direction of the arrow and gradually'allow the shutter 'Sil to close-by its own gravity, whenthe vsli-utter is closed yand the long arm ,Qa'will have reached the end of its stroke, the-catch will bey vpositioned irl-hooked engagement over the upright side o't-.a lng 37-,"wherebythe return stroke of the-long arm 27a'fwill'rotate "the back of 'the window Safand coincidentally lift the shutter 34,*the operation being continued `to successively vbring'the articles on display 4into view behind'said window until the motor is stopped. Y

'lVhile I have illustrated and described a fair example of my improved device, I do not wish to be understood as confining myself to the speciiic'constrnction and design of the elements shown, las under thespirit 0f my invention, I ybelieve that I am entitled to employ such variations of detail as may fall within the scope ot the appended'claims.

' Having thus described my invention, `what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters ,Batent, is

11. Anl `apparatus for :advertising arid displaying articles ot manufacture of the type .describedc0mprisingin combination with a casinffhavinfr an 0 enin therein a Jlatform in thegcasinga shutter for the opening and mechanism for operating the shutter and-rotating tlie'platfcrm comprising a. vertical and rotatable spindle, a. differential chain of. gear Wheels on'said spindle, an eccentric `cam wheel on the spindle, a swingingly mounted arm provided with a pin adaptedjtor peripheral engagement'with the cam vwheel,:afsecon'd spindle, ia two-armed lever connected to said arm and spring act-uat1ng means ltorsaid lever whereby frictlonal Contact :is Vmaintained by the swingingly double lever and means for flexibly connect-V ing the-double lever with the shutter.

Signed =at village ot Shoal Lake, in the Province of Manitoba, Canada, this 26th day of DecemberA. iD., 1922.

VJOHN ANDREW wILsoN. 

